The Wabash Courier, Volume 17, Number 24, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 10 February 1849 — Page 2

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THE COURIER..

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FOR GOVERNOR.

E I S A E E E OF GIBSON COUNTY. 5 FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, THOMAS S, STANFIELD,

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY.

Town .Heeling—Hospital. In

another

column will be found a call

for a Town Meeting to take place on

Thursday evening, the 15th inst. The Meeting is recommended with the view

considering the expediency of Greet

ing

a Hospital. How far it may be considered proper

to incur the expense of an establishment which cannot be brought into practical operation, before the season of Cholera may be expected to pass away on the

present visit, is not for us to say. Perhaps this.is the objcct of calling the Meeting, with the view of discussing the

matter.

R. W. Thompson.

The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot thus notices a reccnt Speech of our Representative in Con

gress: Tho great speech of ihe session was ma in to a

W so In an a in mittee of the whole (Mr. Toombs in the Chnir, and the army appropriation bill being under consideration) on the subject of slavery.

I trust 1 do no injustice to the other able and eloquent debates in the Ifouse, when I declare that Richard VV. Thompson, is in my judgment decidedly the first speaker, or orator, in the body. It has frequently been my province, pride and pleasure to speak of him in my correspondence in terms of commendution. Always able and eloquent when ho addresses the House, which is but seldom, he was to-day, if possible, more so ilmn over. lie enchained the attention of the members generally and a largo crowd of listeners in the lol/bics and galleries, and thrilled the hearts of all who listened to his patriotic sentiments. lie rebuked the agitators upon that floor both from the North and the South. He rebuked all, from whatever quarter they might coine, who were for calculating the value of the Union. He rebuked the Democracy upon that floor for /orcing the Houso into a vote on the Gott (resolutions.

He counselled coolness ntW moderation in the settlement of the great questions which were coming up, and said he trusted in God that the time was near at hand when tho Executive of this noble Union would ho actuated by profound wisdom and the most puro and

influences. He alluded to the that ho himself had been born and reared in tho Soiuh (in Virginia) and th^t his home, his sympathies nnd his affections were in. tho North ond said it mattered not upon what little spot of ground a man was born or found his home, if he was an American citizen, tho whole was his to lovo. to cherish and revere. Tho peroration of his speech, which I cannot describe, was well delivered ond very effective. The whole spcech was worthy of the man. It was such an oft rt ns Patrick Henry, were he now living, would take patriotic delight in listening to.

Terre Ilntttc and St. Louis Rail Road. A Bill to incorporate a company to construct a Rail Road from Tcrrc Haute to St. Louis has been before the Illinois Legislature—and passed the House of Representatives on the 30th ult. by a vote of 38 ayes to 34 nays.

Thero is a rumor that tho bill failed In tho Sennto—but this is not certain. Since the above was in tvpo we learn that tho bill was defeated in the Senate— as was also tho Bill to incorporate tht Ohio and Mississippi Rail Road Compa ny, from St. Louis to Cincinnati through Vincennes. A motion was made to re consider tho vote rejecting the last Bill but was lost 30 to 38.

Gen. Taylor's Movements. It is stated that Gen. Taylor will re main on his plantation, near Vicksburgh nntil February 2d, "when a steamer pro vided for the purpose by the citizens rf Louisville, is to convey him up the river Ho does not purpose to make any forma Tisits to intermediate places until he ascends the Cumberland to Nashville nn on his return proceeds io Louisville, an thence to Frankfort, where ho will mec Gov. Crittonden. From Frankfort will go to Cincinnati, and thence direct lyto Washington, by way of Wheeling and the.Baltimore ond Ohio Rail Road reaching his destination about the 20th Gen. Taylor will be accompanied several personal friends."

Texas Debts.

A bill is before tho Senate of the Uni ted States to provide for tho payment the public debt which Texas owed at ah

time she was annexed to the Union.— Now it was an express condition of th

ajts of annexation, that Texas shoild retain her public lands and pay her debts. Tho ptoposition now is to convey so much of these lands to the United States as

will be sufficient to pay the debt, and for the government to assume the deb?. Why not convey lands «q tho creditors and thus pay the debt? The United States have land enough, Is sufficiently] in dtip

for

any

useful

purpose.

Dahlia* of Mexico, and the Gold of Ophir. -A New York correspondent of the

Notional loielllgoncerihu» refer,"

.•D.hll„ of M«lc0 »t .he gold odi

Qphir." The London Magannc of, Science, of last month, says that In the Travels of Lord Lindsay it is stated that during his wanderings in Egypt he discovered a mummy, which the hieroglyphics upon it proved to be more than two thousand years old. In one o| its closed hands he found a bulbous root,

which he carried home and deposited in a sunny soil. In a few weeks it sprout

ed, grew, and Anally blossomed into a beautiful dahlia. As the dahlia has usually been considered native only in Mexico and South America, this solitary blossom from the hand of the Egyptian mummy may perhaps be called up as a beautiful witness in corroboration of the idea that the inhabitants of the Old World (as it Is called) once had communication with the western continent. And, granting that question settled in the affirmative, another still lies behind it more difficult perhaps of solulion, viz. was the dahlia originally trans

ferred from Egypt to Mexico The presumption is, that as Mexico has been the accredited home of the dahlia in modern times, it was also its home in the earlier age of the world.

Mexico to Egvpt, or from

As a collateral item in reference to the idea of ancient communication between the old world and the new, an argument it raised to show that "the gold of Ohpir," of Scripture celebrity, came from California. Major Noah, in his last '•Sunday Times," goes into the argument to considerable extent, and infers, from the vast amount of the gold of Ophir used in the construction and ornaments

of Solomon's temple, the length of the voyages of the ships which were sent for the gold, and various other considerations, that it was California gold that so wonderfully and magnificently enriched the famous temple of antiquity. The Major states the cost of the temple at upwards of four hundred and fifty millions of pounds sterling—a sum hardly to be compared with a single financial account on record, exccptthe national debt of Great Britain. The ships sent by Solomon and Hiram of Tyre for the gold and treasures of Ophir required three years to make the voyage, and as the locality of Ophir has not been ascertained, and as the length of the voyage would seem to correspond very well with the distance to California. Major Noah therefore concludes that ancient Ophir and modern California arc one and the same place. The conclusion die* not exactly amount to geometrical demonstration, but it affords materiul for curious speculation worth placing by the side of Lord Lindsay's duhlin.

Senator Shields.

Wo learn from the Springfield (111.) Journal, that the election of General Shields has been achievod in opposition to the most strenuous efforts of the Polk Administration. Thero were several reasons for this. Arriving from Mexico when Gen. Scott was so meanly warred upon by the Administration, Gen. Shields bore testimony every whero to the high bearing and admirable conduct of Gen. Scott. Again, being a witness in Pillow's trial, ho did not sustain the Hero of the howitzers. All this was very displeasing to tho Administration. Again, Shields, though a Democrat, was not a reliable man for their purpose.*-. They endeavored to elect cither Brecse or McClernand, nnd at ono time had a majority of mombers pledged but Shields coming porsonally toSpringfield, provailsd against official influence. His course .n tho Senato will probably be libera! aud honorable.

Henry Clay elected Senator. The Legislature of Kentucky nn the l«t inst. elected Hcnrv Clay to the U.S. Senate by a vote as follows

Henry Clay, 92 Col. R. M. Johnson, 45 This result, so creditable to Kentucky, must be gratifying to every true patriot »f the Union. Who else than Henry Ulay bettor for the station to which he ias been so honorably electod Wc

ire sure that every Whig heart in the laud will beat free, and with joy at the idea of Henry Clay, once more in the Senate, his native element.

Tbe Beat Lamp Yet.

The Boston Transcript tells a storv tbout a runaway soldier in California vho discovered a lump, or a rock of gold? at 8 3 9 1 »o was afraid to leave it, and mounted Jtmrd upon it and at the last account he lad sat there 67 days, and had offered 27.000 for a plate of beans and pork tut his offer had always been indignantly refused, and tho poor fellow only aughedatfor the nigganllinoss of his offer, by parties going farther on, where she article was said to be more abundant.

ATALANTIA.N LRCTTJRES.—Tho second Lecture of the series was delivered bv 5. G. DODGK, Esq.,on Thursday evening last. The subject of

tnost others, very interesting at this time, was ably and eloquently treated by the Lecturer.

Washiagton—Coafrett.!^

January 29th. Mr. Douglass from tlto SelectCommiuee to whom had been re*

^]ternA lhe hm

„nd

amendment! provl.

forlho ortrnUsion of

California .nt0

the Union, reported the bill agreed upon by the committer^ WFffe bill now reported proposed to strike out of Mr. Douglass's substitute all after tho enacting clause. And tq insert, substantially, that Congress doth consent that the ponion of territory included within certain limits shall be set apart as the territory of one State and, on the fulfillment of the conditions herein contained, shall be declared to be one of the States of the Union, by the name and style of the State nf California. upon equal footing with the original States in all respects—but with the unconditional reservation to the United Slates of all right in tho public domain, &c.

Feb. 3J, Mr. Stevens akod leave to introduce an important resolution relating to the Mexican treaty embodying a protocol now first published. This, it is supposed, will invalidate the treaty. ObHections were raised, so that Mr. Stevens

withdrew them for the present. On motion of Mr. Vinton, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union on the post-off-ice appropriation bill, which was considered for some time and finally fixed for the order of the day for Monday.

Feb. 5th, Mr. Rusk presented a resolution, which was considered by unanimous consent, directing the President to pay money out of the secret service fund for debts incurred by the late treaty with

Mexico. The 14th of February was set apart to count the electoral votes.

Mr. Jefferson Davis made a report in favor of tho Pacheco claim. Mr. Athcrton, chairman of the Finance Committee, reported the civil and diplomatic bill, which was made the order of the day to-morrow.

The postage bill was considered. Mr. Allen replied to Mr. Nilcs nnd charged him with being a deserter from the Democratic party.

Mr. Niles rejoined. He denisd the

charge and was very severe in his remarks on Mr. Allen.

PRESIDENT OF FRANCE.—The Paris correspondent of the N. Y. Herald, says of

Louis Napoleon: "The servants behind his carriage are dressed in green, with gilt buttons, black silk stockings and shorts, the livery of the Emperor he wears a brilliant star on his breast, and assumes as much dignity as he can possibly demund. We can only hope for the best, for the quiet of Franco the field of conjecture is two wide."

Gold.

About the arguments for and against Gold speculations, the New York Courier remarks:

In this gold speculation, ns on the Stock Exchange, there are already evidently two parties—tho Built ond ihe Bears. Ono side make it their business, because it is their interest, to invent, circulate and cause to be credited, tho most extrnvngnnt stories concerning gold in California. The other do all in their power tho other way procure nssavs of ore from New Jersey and pass off:he result as(testing the quality of California gold. Both act with shrewdness, energy, and an utter lack of principle. It is for the interest of the public to be deceived by neither. And it is the business and the duty of the newspaper press, to keep itself from being the tool of either, and, so far as possible, to expose and dcnounco the malpractices of boih. It is a duty that imposes care and involves difficulties but so do all the duties of daily life, and ho must havo but little enrgy, and less principle, who would shun thoin on that account.

Cost of War ia time of Peace —Army Bill. The following is the substance of the bill befo-e the House making appropriations for the military service of the United Stntea for the ye»r commencing July 1, 1849, and closing June 30, 185«. For the pay of the armv, $1,635,582 commutation of officers' subsistence 555.716

com. forage for officers' hordes, com. of clothinc for officers' servants expenses of recruiting three months extra pny to subalterns and soUiers rr-enlisting

(lc.

104,736 36.300 38,052

10,000

Qunrtermnster'sdepartment,including forage for officers' horses, fuel, stationery, straw for soldiers' bedding,

500,000

inci Jenta! expense? of quartermaster's depnrtmsnt—court martinis, clerks, postage, expresses, ate., shoeing horses, &c. purchase of cavalry horses barracks, hospitals,' irnts. SEE. mileage of otficers travelling

275,000 100,000 300,000 75,000

transportation of the army, provisions, munitions, &c.,by land and water nWical and hotmital department arming fortifications ordnance and ordnance stores expenses of ordnance service armories and manufketore of arms repairs. &c. armory at Harper's Ferry ao. atSpringneld nrmory arwnnls. and lot at HarperV" Ferry addi'ional land at Springfield site for an arsenal at St.Tjouis military surveys

See Col, Benton's speech about Gold.' ward has been elected U.S. Senator oft «t9 irst [from New York by 91 majority.

750.000 52.000 100,000 100,000 100 000 360.000 62,620 82.500 74,461 *,000 5,600 10.000

Total army appropriations for the year $5,425,867

THE LAST OF BRADDOCV'S ME*.—The Lancaster(O-) Gazette, notices the death of Samuel Jenkins, a colored man, aged ono hundred and fifteen years, who was a slave of Capt. Broadwater, in Fairfax county, Va.. nnd drove his master's camp wagon over the A!leghnntes,in the memorable campaign of Gen. Braddock.— He remained a slave until forty years ago. when his freedom was purchased, and he came to Ohio, and settled near Lancaster, retaining his mental faculties well, though his bodily powers had given way.

The last Telegraph says-—Gen. Taylor arrived at Vicksburgh on the 1st. and left next day for Nashville. W. H. Se-

gJWabash and Erie Canal. Extracts from the reports maclo to'tlte Legislature the Trustees and Engineers of tho Wabash and Eric canal:

TRUSTEES' REPORT,—The work from CoafCreelt to Terre Haute (30 miles) is so nearly completed tluu the Water will be let in during the month of January. The unusual floods of last wjnter grevented an earlier completion of this part of the work, but it will be ready for n^v. igaiion early in the Spring. On this portion of the Canal, there is a dam across Coal Creek, 202 feet long and 1 feet high, another across Sugar Creek, 227 feet long and 9 feet high an aqueduct over Sugar Creek. 266 feet long, and one over Rnccoon Creek, 197 feet long, all of which have been built within ayear. and at the estimates of the Engineer of construction. From Torre Haute to Point Commerce, (43£ miles) the work has been let at prices near the estimates, and will be ready for navigation next fall. From Point Commerce to Newberry, (17 miles) was let on the IStlt of November last. -is '*.*

During the year, $341,853 16 have been paid for construction. The present force on the works is 1780 men, who will be kept at it during the winter.— Ninety-six miles are under contract and 72 miles yet remain to be lot before the entire line is completed, which will be done as soon as the funds of the Trustees will permit. A call has been made upon the bondholders, for 823 upon each subscribed bond, to be paid February 1st, 1849, and the balance of the advance of 8800,000 will be called in during the year.

The tolls and water rents, for tho year, amount to $146,148 90, being on increase over the previous year of 20,166 19. The expenditure for ordinary repairs, &c., is 24 883 64. A large expenditure has also been made for extraordinary repairs, in replacing portions of the work built of perishable materials. The whole line, from the State line to Coal Creek, (189 miles.) has been navigable during the whole season but owing to the difficulty of passing sufficient water,—front Lafayette to Coal Creek, boats could only carry two-thirds of a load for several months. With the efforts that have been made to remedy this evil, it is hoped that a better navigation can be furnished the corning year. Owing to this difficulty of furnishing water, the Trustees decide, that the construction of the side-cuts at Williamsport and Independence "would be attended with irreparable injury to the navigation of the main line." They deem it to the interest of the citizens of the west side of the river, ihat complete navigation be furnished by the Canal at all times—ns the injury they suffer from a want of water in the main line, by increasing the cost of transportation, takes so much more from tho value of the products of the country, than would pay the cost of ferriage over the river. Under those circumstances they decide against the construction of these sidecuts.

During the year there has been received for lands in the Vincennes Land District $75,286 92—in the Logansport Land Office $5,884 76,in cash and $42,655 25 in scrip, which the Trustees are bound to redeem. A re-appraisnl of the canal lands has been had, which has greatlv reduced their price, and caused a" aggregate loss to the trust of $180 645. The value of the lands yet remaining for the purpose of constructing ihe Canal is $162 4C6 50. which is however subject to the payment of $58,674 of State scrip so that but little reliance can be placed on this source for any aid. From the 1st of December 1844, to the 1st of l^ecember 1848, there has been received, from all sources, $225 464 61, which added to the amount on hand makes $727,877 07

Paid out, 459,004 72

Balance on hand, $268,872 29 of which 216,024 83 is on interest with the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company, in the City of New York.

CHIEF ENGINKER'S REPMRT.—The receipts of the Canal hove been lessened by the diminished wheat crops of 1847, and the bad roads of the past fall—still it will nearly, or quite equal the estimates. A liberal reduction has been made on the charges on trade with Cincinnati, so that merchandise can be carried to Lafnvette and points below, at rates so little above the charges, that it is thought the canal will take a great part of the trade as far down as Tcrre Haute.

Amount of tolls and water rents for 1843, $146 148 90 Amount of tolls 1847, 125.082 71

Increase, $20,166 19 For ordinary repairs, including superintendents nnd lock tenders, there has been pnid $34 058. For extraordinary repairs $12,967. There has been a deficiency of water below Lafayette for pan of the season, owing to which the average enrgo of bonts clearing nt Covington was only 1200 bushels of corn, or a fraction over half the usual cargo from Lafayette to the Lake. To remedy ibis evil the dams across the Wabash nnd Deer Creek have been raised 14 inches more by a permanent addition, and 10 inches more by a temporary fixture. It is not thought, that, with the present capnriiy of the canal, it will be possible to convey water sufficient to allow the construction of the side cuts nt Willinmsport and Independence.— Actual observations liave been made at the Perrysvillfl side cut, from which it is estimated that these works will draw off 1.175 cubic feet of water per minute, equivalent to 23 per cent of the whole supply necessary for tho line from Lafayette to C«»al Creek. The withdrawal of so much water "would seem to cut off the hope of furnishing for the main line a good navigation during the dry seasons."

By the plan adopted in relation to the construction of the unfinished parts of tho canal, navigation will be opened to Terre Haute cany next searon: to Point Commerce by November 1849, and to Maysrillo in November 1S50.

New HA«*8UU.—The Haa Levi Chamberlain of Ketee, baa been noMinated by die Whig State Goaveotkm of New Hampshire, aatfce Whig| ondi&ett Car Gowaer of tint State.

JTvdfe Embree and the Mileage of tr-: Congress. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. 1849.

THB EDITOR OP THB|STATE JOJTRif At:—SIB, I find myself Rioted ih cer-. iain journals of your Stati ns authority for the charge that Judge EMBRM B«H fraudulently taken some $3^0 more then he was entitled to for mileage, as member of Congress. I never made any such charges. That some mem bets have taken more than was due them, tinder a fair construction of the law, I believe, though I think I did not charge this in my mileage expose. That the law itself is loose, vicious, unequal, atld prodigal. I have charged and endeavored to show by exhibiting its practical operation.— T*he public must judge of my success in that attempt. To make the whole matter familiar and plain to the common understanding, I was obliged to take a course which gave deep offence to many members, who insisted and insist that the people cannot understand my expose otherwise than as a charge that the grea' body of Congressmen had designedly and fraudulently taken money from the treasury to which they were not lawfully entitled. I expressly disclaimed this at the outset and again, in replying to Mr. Schenck's cross examination. I stated explicitly that 1 did not consider it dishonorable for a member to take all that a fair construction of tho existing law gave him, but I should, consider it wrong in one to refuse to correct the defects of the law, now that they arc brought palpably home to his understanding and I am confident that the people can comprehend so plain a distinction as this quite as well as members of Congress. What I originally demanded and still labor for is a revision of the law which shall conform it to the dictates of equity and equality.

Of such a revision Judge ErtBaEt has long been a zealous and most efficient advocate. On tho 11th of December, while I was preparing my expose, and before he either did or could know that I proposed to do any thing on the subject, he introduced a resolution looking to important and judicious retrenchments in neurly every branch of the public service, and especially prescribing this very reform of mileage, by substituting direct for circuitous routes. That reform he has sincc advocated on the floor with decided ability and urgency, and has on every occasion zealously supported.

I submit the following comparison of Judge Embree's mileage with that of his respected competitorforgovernorof your State, whom I presume no one has charged (as I certainly have not) with peculation

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B-tj1

05 -J 2 a qs to j? S

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C5 IV 9

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H-2

4^ 2 fT O D-a-O S3 £3 S I® t®- ~_a O, Wg

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Thus we see that Mr. Wright received $41.60 more mileage nt each session of the Congress he was a member of than Judge Embree received last session, although Judge Fi.'s residence is 76 miles further from Washington by the direct mail route than Mr. Wright's. Knowing nothing to tho contrary, I presume Mr. Wright, like Judge J2mb e^, clmrgeJ the actual distance from his residence to this city by the usually irnveled route.

I trust the people of Indiana and those of ail the States are resolving to take hold of this subject of mileage in a determined and persevering spirit, and to make its correction a matier, not of personal annoyance and reciprocal crimination, but of common interest and public duty. In my judgment, other and more comprehensive retrenchments must stand or fall with it.

Very respectfully vours, HORACE GREELY.

*Princeton. iRockvillc.

The way to tend a baby. A Chippewa Indian has been lecturing in Hartford, where, in lecture on Tuesday evening, according to the

Ti rnes,

he advised the ladies of Hartford to tic their babies, as soon as they were born, to board, bind them down light, and keep them there most of the time, till they arc ten months old

a hoop

round the head," he says "and then when the board gets knocked over, it won't break thechild'snose." He sums up other advantages as follows:—"you SCP, Indies, (holding up a specimen,) the child's hapds are tied down, so it can't scratch its mother's breast, too it can't wriggle nbout and get very tired it can't bend over, nud must grow stinight —when the mother goes out after herbs, she can hang it on a tree, and snakes enn't bite it when it cries, the mother can swing it across her bac1, nnd rock it so—(swaying its body to and fro and can carry it great distances in this manner, too can set it up tide of the wigwam, very handy nnd when canoe turns over, the child swirn off on the board, not drown and its back dont break across his mother's arm. because the board supports it the child can't crawl into the fire and burn up too—can leave it long time, all safe—so I think this much best way ladies—much bes:."

CALIFORNIANS—LOOK OUT FOR FRAUD! —The Hartford Times says that very large quantities of <spelter solder> have been sent to California, on speculation. It is dropped in water, when hot, by which means small scales are formed resembling almost exactly the gold dust or scales of Feather river. It is one of the vilest cheats of the day. We are informed that six barrels of this stuff were sent out in one ship from New York: and also that some has been sent from Hartford. The game is to sell this base metal to the gold hunters, as they arrive in California.—<New Haven Journal>. ———————

The eliinaxof human indifference has arrived whan a woman doet can bow sbe looks

FOREIGN NEWS.

ARRIVAL

THE CANADA.

tOVRTEgtSAtSUTlt^

France*

The President of the Republic has been occupied in giving grand wticepiio*ts to tnen of ominence, of every shade of politicnl opinions.

There has been some disturbance at Barignolles. near Paris. French funds are rather lower, owing to the uncertainty which prevails respecting the patriotism of the Chamber in being willing to be dissolved without a political struggle. «.«#* iv

Spain.

Calcon* has been blockade*} by the

Portaga*.

The Cortes was opened at Lisbon by the Queen, in persou, who made a speech from the throne.

Austria.

The imperial army continues to be successful. It was reported that the city of Kornorc had fallen into their hands, in consequence of treason.— Frankfort still continues to be the focus of intrigue.

Denmark.

The King has issued his proclamation protesting against the violation of the essential condition of the armstice of Prussia by the collective Governments of the Duchies, and every thing indicates a renewal of the war after the winter is over.

Italy. u--

It is mentioned in the Paris papers of

Tuesday, that the Pope, wishing to avoid foreign interference, intends to try the effect of a personal step. He will go to Vecchia aud make an appeal in person to the people, when, if not successful, he will let things lake their own eourse. He still remains at Gaeta.

Private letters from Milan speak of active preparations for war. About 70,000 men are to take the field with seventy pieces of cannon. The field marshal announces that he will march on Turin at the first orders of the Emperor, and says that hois only waiting*for the entire pacification of the war with Hungary before he develops the plan of the campaign, unless Charles Albert should treat directly with Austria.

Attempts were made by the Austrians to excite the lower class against the rich.

Colored men in Paris.

Robert Walsh, in one of his letters to LittelPs Living Age writes Our French pnrugraphists are not particularly struck with the capacity of the negro race to maintain republican institutions, as it is exemplified in the monopoly of the products of the soil, and of till traffic, internal nnd external, by 'the Government of llnyti. The black man—tho true ebony—in the delegation of the Antilles, who sits in the centre of the Montaguards in the Assembly was the servant of a white general, resident in tho capital. An intimate acquaintance of the master told me a few days ago, thnt the representaiv ad re is whether from personal attachment or prudential motives, he would deserve credit for either. A gentleman of New Orleans, on a visit to Paris, relates to me that about a fortnight since, while seated in a side box of the first tier of the grand opera, he distinguished a colored family in the one exactly opposite by his opera glass, he discovered that the head of it, whom he recognized, distinguished hitn and was about to come around to him by the lobby. A feeling nnturul to a Southern American, induced him to prefer that the interview should not be in the box which he occupied. He met the visitor in the lobby —the latter grasped his hand and reminded him that he had been his tailor in New Orleans. '*1 retired," he added "with a good property we are all well settled here, that's my box once a week, we shall be happy to see yuit at our apartments."

Ohio, it is said, has more colleges in it than any other State in the Union, though it is only about fifty years old.

WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY Will Miraclet never cease More evidence of Us Health Restorative.—VVe wish it may be dis tinctly understood, that every certificate and state ment of cures performed by Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, which we publish, is strictly true. We give names and dates and invite the closest scrutiny, and challenge the most rigid inquiry as to the authenticity of our statements, knowing full well that a knowIeJgeof facts as to the great superiority ol this medicine, is alone necessary to insure its prescription. 0*1T CUltESIJpd Wherever Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry is introduced, it at once attains that high reputation which it so richly deserves. What can stop its sale, when on every hand can be witnessed its wonderful cures? The worst cases of Asthma, recent but dangerous Coughs, and also those that are of longstanding, Bronchitis and Consumption (in its early stages) are always cured by this remarkable medicine.

OTHER

CAN BE LIKE IT.

83rSee Advertisement. jan6 19nlm

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BE CAREFUL OF YOUR COLDS. Many people are very apt to consider a cold hut a trifling matter, aul think that "it will go away of itself in a tew d^","

aad

they give themselves

nn trouble about it. But to such we would say, "be careful of your colds," do not tamper with your constitutions. If you desire to live to a good "old age." use such remedies as will eHect an easy and permanent cure. Doctors WAYNE'S COMPOUND SYKUP OF WILD CHERRY has cared more colds than any other medicine offered for sale in this country. The eertficates of cures effected by this invaluable medicine, which the proprietor is daily receiving, are of the most gratifying character.

ANOTHER LIFE PRESERVED. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 28, 1846. Dr. H. Swayne—Dear ir: Having seen the astonishing cure performed on Mr. Thomas by your Compound Syrup ol Wild Cherry, I was induced to try it on myself. I was taken with a violent cougn, spitting of blood, shortness of breathing, together with violent attacks of asthma 1 had overdone myself from exertion, which 1 was not able to perform, which prostrated my system to a great extent. 1 commenced the use of your Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry, which gave me almost immediate relief, and I am glad to give my testimony to alt who«may be afflicted in a similar way. It i$ajr be well to see that theci^natureof Dr. H. Swayne is on each bottle of Wild Cherry.

War. B. VVAI.TU*.

13th street, 2 doors from tbe corner of W illow. RENEXIEX—All preparations of Wild Cherry are fictitious and counterfeit, except that prepared by DR.H.S.\AYNE.

N. W. earner of Eighth and Race ata., Phijads. For sale Wholesale and Retail by

I. R.

CUNINGHAM,

j«a619nla Terre HwM«. lad.

\V. ©CONNER'S

PUREIT VEGETABLE

FEVER &.AGUE NOSTRUM. I' H18 medicine haa been .used for the last eight ycftrs by a large number of individuals afilictfd with diseases usually termed Fever nnd AgU0, Dtftjfb Ague, t.'hill, or Intermittent Fevers, Jaun&c., &.c. The proprietor has bet-n unweari«io niaefibrt8. from year to vear, to improve the virtues of his Specihc for the various diseases herein referred to, until he can now confidently introduce and recommend ifas one of the most sale and effectual remedies extant. Tho Specific, or "Nostrum," is composed exclusively of vegetable extracts, many ot which, would in themselves have relieved the diseosed patient, and temporarily restored to health bat by persevering application to ren Jer the Specific in tbe highest degree valuable, some new ingredients were fortunately discovered, which by addition lave, by itn experimental and tcien combination, now rendered, it not only a temporary relitf tftke other similar remedies) from diseases oi a bilious character, but is warranted to effect a permanent and rstdfCal cure, when taken in conformity with the directions.

Numerous .rertificates, as well as individual testimony, could be furnished in evidence of ita wonderful efficarj^and never failing virtues.

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however, who are ^ffiicted, can do themselves no greater benefit tharuft least to try a remedy whicht experience has demonstrated as one of the most valuable in recent discoveries. For sale by

C. J. ALLISON Sc. Co^Tecre-mute. A. J. GLOVF, Cleveland,

.'i K. KutTTtY, Bradvfilltv L. M. KXIOHT, Manhattan, ,t ABRAHAM WRIGHT, Cataract 7" Sept. 2, '48-1-am

DR. HALL'S BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS

of more value to Consumptives than all the diamonds in the world, as the following persons of Cincinnati testily Mr. Wheadon, (from Wheadon & Gest,) R. P. Donough, (Ben Franklin Punting Office,) Mr. Bennet, (Gano's Hardware store,) Mr. Bell, (one price store 5th street.) Mrs. Coles, (on Sth between Smith and John,) Mrs. S. McLean, corner of 9th and Walnut) Mrs. Menken, !th st.,) Mr. Guthrie, Chy Hotel, who says that Dr. HaU's

Balaam not only cured his cough, but dispersed the

Tubercles which the Dr. said had form on his Lungs. Mr. Sieg, at the Gazette office who was cured of a cough and pain in the breast of long standing. Mr. Johnson, 5th street, soys that Dr Hall's Balsam not only cused a most desperate cough but stopped the night sweats and pain'in his breast and side. Ask all these and they will tall you that Dr. Hall's Balsam is a diamond above price, and one that is destined to sparkle in every spot on the wide world where Cough, Ccide and Consumptions are known.

A. A. NORTH & CO.,

Depot No. 22 Walnut street, between 3d and 4th. ast tide. Agents for the West. C. J. A1 LISON & CO., npril 8 S-ilm Agoats, Terre-Haue.

Election of Associate Judge. An election will be held in the several Townships of the County of Vigo,: on the 28th day February, 1849, ot the usunl places of holding elections, for the election of an Associate Judge, to fill the vacancy caused by tfie death of Walter Dickerson, Esq.

TOWN MEETING.

The ciiixens are requested to meet at the Town Hnll on the evening of Thurlday, the 15th inst. to take into consideration tlw expediency of procuring a site and ercctitig a Hospital. As every citizen 13 directly interested in the subject, not only in respect to the health and secuii:y of himself and family, and in making a suitable provision fjr those who ntay be temporarily thrown amonj us, infected with contagion* disease, but also in regard to the taxes necessary to be l&vied to carry the plan into execution, it ia hoped they will all attend. It cannot bo reasonably expected that the Council will take the tesponsiLility of tho insasure, it" tho. citizens do not take sufficient interest i:i the subject to turn out and make knowrttheir wishes. The members of the Board of Health, will be present and give an expression of their views upon the subject.

By order of the Common Council. S. B. GOOKINS, Pres't.

CHT' CUNOT1CE.

There will be a meeting ol the owners of the PewB in the Congregational Church, on Monday evening next, in the basement room of said Church, to agree upon some method of raising the necessary means to put a new roof and make other repairs on the church.

Bv order of the Trustees. I'eb. 10, 1849.

RELIGIOUS NOTICE.

The Rev Mr. Cheever will preach, by divine permission^ in the room over the Canal office, This Evening (Saturday) at early candlelight abo, To-m»rro\v Morning at 11 o'clock, and at nizlit. Thepu'olic are respectfully invited to attend.

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In this county, on Saturday, January 21th, Mrs, At KSON, relict of the late John Jackson, at an advanced age.

In Lost Creek township, on Saturdayjast, after a short illness, Maj. THOMPSON HALL, aged about 54 yearSj

In Harrison township, on Sunday last, of consumption. GOODING HOLLOWAY, uged about 58 years.

In this place.on the 6th inst., of consumption Mrs. MA THl M., consor/Lof E. Potter, and daughter of William and Nancy Naylor, of this place, uged 19 ytars.

0 mm refill.

VIA HASH CV'T'BTEK Orncr, Terre Haute, February 9 1849.1

Weather cold but linn—river fallina fast and full of ice. Several tteamers at the wharf within a week.

FOREIGN MARKET.

CINCINNATI. Feb. 5.

PROVISIONS—The transactions are very limited, and the only sales repflted are 1200 pieces bulk hams, country, at 5c oM 21 bbls. heavy oid mess pork, repacked, at $9 tie latter not an'ittf.ication ot the market for new. 1 NEW Yonir,Feb. 3.

There was a speculative movement in Flout today, and 6,500 bbls chatged hands at 31 for New Orleans, anc£5 50 for Western. In grain there is no changdeither as regards price* or demand.

There is a (rood demanl for pork for the California trade, anil the sales to-day comprise 87J bbls. at $12 5t@$12 75 for prifce, and $13 25 for mess.

PITTSBURGH, Fex 3.

Small sales of flour ft* city consumption at $3 62t—at this price large sties could not beefected. Sales of lard to a modelBte extent at 5iGKc.

Sales of bacon at 5Jc fa sidef, 4ic for shoilders and 7c for common hamt—the latter in go«d demand.

JEW ORLEANS, Fet. 1.,.

The sales of flour ha^ been very modertte at $4 )00$4 40—prices drooftng. Sales of pork at $11 tormes», and |10 250$ 10 3li for prime. SB)M of lai-d at 6iC97ic, incliding barrels and kegg. Bacon shoulders bring 5 for. Cincinnati and 5e for Mietouri.

TERRE-IIAUTE PRICES CURttEKT*.

CORRECTED WEEKLY.

LAW—* 7~ BITTER—Fresh, fc -, GKAIN—Wheat, bushel

SOPS—Flaxseed, bush P*cvisioN»—Potatoes, bushel Onions,

Ffcrm— Apples, dried, 9 bushvl Peacnea, FIOCR— fbbl. MEAL—#1 bushel StKDMES—Feathers 9 &

Eoeswax, & Candle**

6 (3

12 (ft 50 G» 15 (9 16 0 30 62 O15 O 40 a 62 08

Corn, in the ear, Oats, -1 Rye,

18 33 65 30

1 25 CP, 3 50 0 25 3. 25 O 18 0%

1 2 &